a question about cakewalk

[millie]

I'm using Home Studio 9. I connected my keyboard to the computer with a MIDI plug which is set up corrrectly. Each time I try to record anything from the keyboard, the track records in yellow rather than blue like all the tracks I record and when I try to export track by itself or with other tracks to do a mix, the keyboard MIDI track does not export. When I mix it, I hear all the other tracks like the vocals and snares but I dont hear the one from the keyboard. I've tried different things and it still wont work. Someone told me it is something to do with Cakewalk why it is not recording the keyboard tracks. Does anyone have any suggestions. Thanks.

 

[millie]

Also can anyone recommend any good plugins. I have a few I got from direct x files, but I need different plugins that can create the reverb and echo used on songs like at the end of Dreamlover by Mariah Carey. thanks

 

[AlChuck]

The MID parts are recorded as MIDI data. When you render your project to WAV or MP3 or other audio format, the MIDI data is meaningless -- it's what tells the synths what to play, but not what they play itself, if you understand what I'm saying. You know those old-fashioned player pianos? You couldn't hear what was on the rolls, you had to use it to trigger the player piano mechanism, which hit the hammers and caused the piano to play. The MIDI data is what causes the synth to play in the same fashion; it is not the sound made by the synth itself.

So what you have to do is record the MIDI parts to a separate audio track or tracks. The Cakewalk help system should have a clear explanation of how to do this. If not, this article at Cakewalk's website, though it refers to SONAR, explains how to do it for HS too:

http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Lessons/BurningCDs.asp

 

[millie]

Thanks so much for that AlChuck . Im going to try what the article said. God bless.